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Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste
Management- Mission is to manage and dispose of high-level radioactive
waste and spent nuclear fuel in a manner that protects health, safety
and the environment; enhances national and energy security; and merits
public confidence.
Yucca
Mountain Program at Lawrence Berkeley (ESD) - The role of Berkely
Lab Eearth Science Division's (ESD) Nuclear Waste Program (NWP) is
to assist the U.S. Department of Energy, the United States, and other
countries in achieving the safe disposal of high-level radioactive
waste-by means
of high-quality scientific analyses that encompass modeling, laboratory
and field experiments, and technology development.
Yucca
Mountain Program at Lawrence Livermore (National Laboratory LLNL) -
Although LLNL involvement in the Yucca Mountain Project dates to 1977,
current focus is on developing a system of engineered barriers surrounded
by natural barriers to contain the highly radioactive waste. Because
little is known about how modern materials, placed in a geological site
and subjected to initially high temperatures and radiation, will behave
during such time periods, much of LLNL's development work is based on
predictive models and accelerated age testing of materials and systems.
Yucca
Mountain Program at Los Alamos National Laboratory - The characterization
of Yucca Mountain has progressed for more than 20 years with Los
Alamos National Laboratory scientists leading many efforts related
to radionuclide transport by water away from the repository.
State of Nevada Nuclear Waste
Project Office - The mission of the Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects
is to assure that the health, safety, and welfare of Nevada's citizens
and the State's unique environment and economy are adequately protected
with regard to any federal high-level nuclear waste disposal activities
in the State.
The U.S. Department of Transportation -
Regulates the routing of highly radioactive materials, including spent
nuclear fuel.
The Nuclear Waste Technical Review
Board - Congress created the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board,
an independent federal agency, to evaluate the technical and scientific
validity of Project studies and findings. Twice a year, this Board
reports its conclusions and recommendations to Congress and to the
Secretary of Energy and points out concerns from outside parties.
Office of Nuclear Energy, Science
& Technology - The mission of the Office of Nuclear Energy is
to lead the DOE investment in the development and exploration of advanced
nuclear science and technology.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission - The NRC is one of three Federal agencies under the Nuclear
Waste Policy Act with a role in the disposal of spent nuclear fuel
and other high-level radioactive waste. NRC has responsibility for
developing regulations to implement the EPA safety standards and for
licensing the repository.
On-site Representatives High-Level Waste Management Office in Las Vegas, Nevada maintains information associated with the potential high-level radioactive waste geologic repository at Yucca Mountain.
Robert Latta 702-794-5048
Jack Parrott 702-794-5047
Vivian Mehrhoff 702-794-5053
Department of Energy
(DOE) has the responsibility for developing permanent disposal
capacity for spent fuel and other high-level radioactive waste.
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has responsibility for developing environmental standards
to evaluate the safety of a geologic repository and establishes radiation
protection standards for the protection of the public from the activities
associated with the disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent
nuclear fuel.
Committee
on High-Level Radioactive Waste (NRS 459.0085) - The committee
is charged with legislative oversight responsibilities to study and
evaluate: information and policies regarding the location in the state
of Nevada for a facility for the disposal of high-level radioactive
waste, any potentially adverse effects from the construction and operation
of a facility, and ways of mitigating those effects, other policies
relating to the disposal of high-level radioactive waste, and appropriate
legislation recommended to the Legislature and the Legislative Commission.
Western Interstate Energy Board -
The Western Interstate Energy Board is an organization of 12 western
states and three western Canadian provinces, which are associate members
of the Board. The governor of each state appoints a member to the Board.
The legal basis of the Board is the Western Interstate Nuclear Compact
(Public Law 91-461). The Compact provides for the President of the United
States to appoint an ex-officio member to the Board.
Transportation
External Coordination Working Group - TEC was formed in 1992 to
improve coordination between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and
external groups interested in the Department's transportation activities.
TEC is co-chaired by DOE's Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
and the Office of Environmental Management.
US Department of Transportation -
Top priorities at DOT are to keep the traveling public safe and secure,
increase their mobility, and have US transportation system contribute
to the nation's economic growth.
Transportation
of Spent Nuclear Fuel - Spent nuclear fuel refers to uranium-bearing
fuel elements that have been used at commercial nuclear reactors and
that are no longer producing enough energy to sustain a nuclear reaction.
Once the spent fuel is removed from the reactor the fission process
has stopped, but the spent fuel assemblies still generate significant
amounts of radiation and heat. Because of the residual hazard, spent
fuel must be shipped in containers or casks that shield and contain
the radioactivity and dissipate the heat.
US DOE - Carlsbad, New Mexico
Waste Isolation Pilot Program - The Waste
Isolation Pilot Plant, or WIPP, is the world's first underground repository
licensed to safely and permanently dispose of transuranic radioactive
waste left from the research and production of nuclear weapons.
Nuclear Energy Institute - The purpose
of the Institute is to foster and encourage the continued safe utilization
and development of nuclear energy to meet the nation’s energy,
environmental and economic goals and to support the nuclear energy industry.
US
NRC's Nuclear Waste Package Performance Study
US DOE Carlsbad Waste
Isolation Storage Plant
Private Fuel Storage -
Skull Valley Spent Fuel Storage Project
National Archives
and Records Administration (Code of Federal Regulations)
Nuclear Info. & Resource
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